Australia men's national under-17 soccer team

Australia Under-17
Nickname(s)Joeys
AssociationFootball Australia
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachBrad Maloney
CaptainJayden Necovski
FIFA codeAUS
First colours
Second colours
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First international
 Australia 2–1 New Zealand 
(New Zealand; 3 December 1983)
Biggest win
 Australia 23–0 Northern Mariana Islands 
(Shepparton, Australia; 5 October 2022)
Biggest defeat
 Australia 0–6 Japan 
(Bambolim, India; 22 September 2016)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances13 (first in 1985)
Best resultRunners-up; 1999
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances7 (first in 2008)
Best resultSemi-finals; 2010, 2014, 2018
AFF U-16 Youth Championship
Appearances8 (first in 2008)
Best resultChampions; 2008, 2016
Websitewww.socceroos.com.au/joeys-u17s

The Australia national under-17 soccer team, known as the Joeys or Subway Joeys for sponsorship reasons,[1] represents Australia in men's international under-17 soccer. The team is controlled by the governing body for Football in Australia, Football Australia (FA), which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006.

Australia is a ten-time OFC champion and a two-time AFF champion. The team has represented Australia at the FIFA U-17 World Cup tournaments on twelve occasions.

  1. ^ Mason, Max (21 September 2022). "Football Australia signs record sponsorship deal with Subway". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 14 April 2024.